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According to Canadian Forces Dress Instructions, the Monarch or their representative (the Governor General) may wear the uniform and corresponding cap/hat badge of a flag/general officer, with a special flag/general officer sleeve braid embellished with the governor general's badge, and a large embroidered governor general's badge on the shoulder straps or boards, facing forward.
Plough Jockeys: from World War II, bestowed because of the regiment's rural roots [4] Hasty P's: a play on their name and the short 'bathroom breaks' during wartime [3] Hasty Pasties: another play on their name. Hasty Preedies [3] The King’s Own Calgary Regiment: Kay Ohs [3] The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment: The Lake Sups / The Lake Soups [5]
After the re-introduction of Formation Badges by the British Army in 1941, the Canadian Army followed suit. The 2nd Canadian Infantry Division used a "battle patch" system of geometric shapes identifying individual brigades and battalions, similar to that used by the 2nd Canadian Division in the First World War, during the 1941-42 period, but abandoned this system after the Dieppe Raid.
Naval rank titles remained for the personnel of the new Maritime Command. On the Canadian Forces service uniform, the rank insignia of officers up to the rank of naval Captain followed the old Royal Canadian Navy pattern but with the executive curl deleted. However, the executive curl was permitted on naval mess dress for all naval officers.
Clan Gregor tartan. The Essex Scottish were allied to The Essex Regiment and were kitted with a balmoral with red and white diced border, scarlet doublet, white sporran with two black points, red and black hose, spats with black buttons, blue shoulder straps with white cross stripes and piping with full dress only for pipers and drummers, who also wore a feather bonnet with white hackle.
In 1955, the corps was given an official French title (Corps blindé royal canadien) in addition to the English title. [4] In 1968, with the unification of the Canadian Army into the Canadian Armed Forces, the name of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps was changed to simply the Armour Branch. Despite the change however, the Corps continued to ...
Canadian World War II recipients of the Victoria Cross (1 C, 15 P) Pages in category "Canadian military personnel of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 307 total.
The 8th Reconnaissance Regiment (14th Canadian Hussars), commonly abbreviated to 8 Recce, VIII Recce or (within the British Army) 8 Canadian Recce, was the reconnaissance arm of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division during World War II. The core of the regiment was formed from the militia unit the 14th Canadian Hussars. [1] [2]